SCHOOL pupils from across Wishaw and Motherwell will help celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee at a special concert.

Youngsters from pipe bands, chorus and music groups will take to the stage at Motherwell Concert Hall on Thursday, June 7.

It is just one of the events being planned across Lanarkshire to mark Her Majesty’s 60 years on the throne.

Lanarkshire’s Lord Lieutenant Mustaq Ahmad, the Queen’s representative in the county, said: “I am particularly keen that we, in this area, participate in the celebrations and acknowledge the occasion appropriately.

“A great deal of preparation is underway in our schools where a variety of events and activities will take place and I am also pleased to say that great interest is now building up in our local communities and a wide range of events are at the planning stage.”

In addition the Lord Lieutenant and his deputies are keen to meet with and present local groups and businesses with special commemorative certificates to recognise the remarkable royal milestone.

Mr Ahmad said: “Having consulted my colleagues, deputies and representatives of the business and volunteer communities, I am keen they have the opportunity to join in the celebrations.

“These organisations are undoubtedly very important to Lanarkshire and I or one of my deputies would be delighted to present a jubilee certificate to mark this great occasion in our country’s history.”

Contact the Lord Lieutenant’s Office at lord.lieutenant@northlan.gov.uk if your group or business wants to take up the offer.

For the big Lanarkshire jubilee jamboree you can travel over to Coatbridge for a 1950s-themed festival in Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life over the holiday weekend of Sunday and Monday, June 3 and 4.

There will be a street party, poetry performances, dancing and an adult choir performing Queen songs.

Are you celebrating the Queen’s jubilee? Get in touch with us on wishawpress@s-un.co.uk to tell us about any events you have planned.